Folding paper box.



Patented Feb. 4, I902.

Nol 692,30l.

m. J. KANE. FOLDING PAPER 80X.

(Application filed July 11 1901.)

(No Model.)

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as. a.

INVEJIVTOR W Q w/w.

WITNESSES.-

UNTTTD STATns ATENT FFICE.

MICHAEL J. KANE, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

FOLDING PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 692,301, dated February4, 1902.

Application filed July 11, 1901.

T aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI, MICHAEL J. KANE, a citi zen of the United States,residing at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and State of Minnesota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding PaperBoxes; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in folding paper boxes; and itconsists of certain further improvements upon the class of paper boxesdescribed in my United States Patent No. 642,128, issued on January 30,1900.

. The new improvements hereinbelow described consist, mainly, ofspecific forms and cutting of the blanks for the box and specificcombinations of cover and tape with the box.

The construction is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure 1 is a plan view of a twosection blank from which the boxis formed. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the finished box with the bodyfolded and the cover partly folded. Fig. 3 is Fig. 2 fully folded intothe knockeddown position in which the box is shipped. Fig. 4 is a sideview of the box set up and with the cover open. Fig. 5 is the same asFig. 4, only that the cover is closed and tied with the ribbon. Fig. 6is a front elevation of the complete box with cover closed. Fig. 7 is avertical sectional View on the line a a in Fig. 5.

Referring to the drawings by reference-numerals and with theunderstanding that all folding-creases are indicated in lines of shortdots and all linesindicating covered parts are in long dots, it will beseen in Fig. l'that the entire box is out very economically in twoblanks or blank-sections 1 2 3 and 4 5 6,which overlap and are pastedtogether at 7, so that when the blank is formed into a box the portion 1of the blank becomes the cover, 2 the rear side, and 3 the bottom of thebox, while 5 becomes the front side, and 4 and 6 the right and leftsides,of it. The cover 1 is thus formed of and creased at S to form ajoint or hinge Serial No. 67,907. (No model-l with the back of the box.It is also creased at 9, 10, and Hand notched at 12 to form the verticalfront 13 and side flap 14 of the cover, which flaps in making the coverare pasted or otherwise secured together in an overlapping mann'er withthe corners l5 and 16; but by means of the creases 10, 11, and 17 theflaps 13 may be folded inward upon the cover and the flaps 14 outwardfrom its edges, as in Figs. 2 and 3.

The bottom of the box has a central crease 18, allowing the bottom tofold inward, as at 3 in Fig. 2, and in 1ine with said crease 18 the twoopposite sides 4 and 6 of the box are creased at 19 to fold outward, asin Figs. 2 and 3, with the bottom flaps 20 of said sides hangingdownward.

The tape 21 is inserted or sewed into the box in the manner shown, sothat its middle extends diagonally over the crease 18 in the bottom 3.The ends of it are passed downward through the holes 22, passedunder'the flaps 20 to support them, then upward outside the box, inwardthrough the holes 23, up diagonal-ly inside the box, out again at 24,slightly below the vertical flange of the cover, thence upward, and tiedtogether, as at 25, upon the cover of the box. When the knot 25 isuntied and the cover opened, as in Fig. 4, the tape, being tightlyinserted in the sides and bottom of the box, holds by its friction inthe apertures and the manner it is inserted the box in shape, so it willstand all ordinary handling Without getting folded, which is a greatadvantage in a folding box.

When the box is to be knocked down flat for shipping, the tape may betaken hold of about at the point 26 and pulled downward some in thesides of the box. This will permit of folding as in Figs. 2 and 3.

It is understood that in forming the box the flaps 27 in Fig. 1 arepasted or glued to the inner sides of the edges 28 of the sides 4 and 6.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patl. A folding paper box constructed of two blank-sections,one having a middle portion 5 forming the front side of the box, and thevertically centrally creased end pieces 4 and 6 at opposite ends of saidfront piece the other section having one end secured at the edge of themiddle of the first section and extending transversely therefrom formsthe centrally-folding bottom 8, the rear sides 2 with the flaps 27adapted to be pasted to the edges 28 of the first section, and the coverportion 1, jointed at 8 and having the flaps 13 and 14 and the creases17 to permit of knocking down of the cover when the box is knockedattached to the rear wall of the box, and a tape inserted in the bottom,the same supporting the flaps 20 and the creased bottom and having itsends passed through apertures in the sides of the box zigzag over thefolding-creases, and adapted to be tied over the cover of the box, saidtape being tightly fitted in the apertures and is thereby frictionheldin and by the apertures so as to hold the box in shape also When thecover is raised.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MICHAEL J. KANE.

